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阴沟 (yīn gōu): Sewer (noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

阴沟 consists of 2 characters.

ditch, trench, groove

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Pinyinyīn gōu

Meaningsewer, drain

Characters2

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Syntaxnoun

Word阴沟

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 阴沟.

Words with 阴

阴谋yīn móuHSK 6
阴历yīn lìHSK 7-9
阴影yīn yǐngHSK 7-9
阴性yīn xìngHSK 7-9
阴暗yīn ànHSK 7-9
光阴guāng yīn
阴冷yīn lěng
阴囊yīn náng

Words with 沟

沟通gōu tōngHSK 5
堑沟qiàngōu
壕沟háogōu
水沟shuǐ gōu
沟渎gōudú
沟渠gōu qú
畦沟qígōu
鸿沟hóng gōu

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Example Sentences with 阴沟

Yīn阴

gōu沟

lǐ里

yǒu有

hěn很

duō多

lā垃

jī圾

。

There is a lot of trash in the sewer.

Gōng工

rén人

zhèng正

zài在

qīng清

lǐ理

yīn阴

gōu沟

。

Workers are cleaning the drain.